Increasing Awareness of Opioid Disposal in the Orthopedic Patient Population

Mayo Clinic80 enrolled

Overview

Researchers are trying to determine if providing education on proper disposal of unused opioid medications to the orthopedic patient undergoing a planned hip or knee total joint replacement will increase the percentage of patients who properly dispose of unused opioids.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Knee Total Joint Replacement Hip Total Joint Replacement

Interventions

Education on disposal of opioidsBEHAVIORAL

Current class curriculum including education about pain management with additional education about the disposal of opioids.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult 18 + years * Planned total hip or knee replacement surgery * English speaking Exclusion Criteria: * Pediatric patients 17 and younger * Non-English speaking patients * Total joint replacement surgery other than Hip and Knee

Locations (1)

Mayo Clinic in Arizona

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Disposal of unused prescription pain medication

Number of subjects to self-report disposal of unused prescription pain medication on the twelve week post operative visit survey

Time frame: 12 weeks post operative

Use of medication deactivation bag

Number of subjects to self-report disposal of unused prescription pain medication via the medication deactivation bag on the twelve week post operative visit survey

Time frame: 12 weeks post operative

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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